if a person learnt a lot of things?

Question

could his brain run out of memory, like a computer hard disc gets gets full?

Answer 1

Probably not. The fact is we don't really know how the brain stores memories, so cannot vouch for its capacity.

That said, you are learning every day. When you write "learnt a lot of things" you are making the wrong assumption that learing important stuff is not the same as remembering trivial things, while this is the same process.

Suppose I learn important stuff while you go out with friends. The tomorrow, I will remember the so called important stuff, while you'll be remembering what drink you had, what music was playing in the bar and so on. But both "days" should take the same amount of "space" in my mind as in yours.

To run out of memory, you would have to live a very long life, and perhaps not forget anything. We're not there yet.

So learn all you can. Time is the one thing that goes to waste.

Answer 2

You have learned a lot of things in your lifetime already, like how to use the toilet, how to use a knife and fork, social stuff, as well as education, but the things you learn will not always be relevant to the person you will be in the future, so you will forget the things you dont need anymore, and some things will just be like a reflex, like driving, you have to really concentrate on it at first, then it becomes second nature, so you will forget the learning of it, as for stuff like facts and figures, some people remember that kind of thing really well others struggle with it, it all depends on how you brain is wired up, but its all in there, somewhere!

Answer 3

This will never happen to the human brain. Your mind is selective and categorizes every bit of information it receives into short term or long term memory. As long as your brain cells stay healthy and reproductive, the human brain can retain far more than any computer hard disc.

Answer 4

Not really we use a 0.2% of our brain and we never forget. not the sign you see each morning on the way to work or the song you hear on the radio or the cheap TV ad. your brain will always hold it but it will be (lost) somewhere in your brain i cant really recall nueroanatomy so if you want to learn a bit more you can dive into an intricate book, and see for your self

Answer 5

We wish we could learn that much, even with all the worthless knowledghe and pins and codes, and phone numbers, we would have to live a whole lot longer in order to even begin using up our Mbytes.

Answer 6

No, it would not run out of space. Cells are made and lost each day. You just would forget things like usual people....bearing that in mind, do you know where my car keys are?

Answer 7

No you tend to forget a lot of what you learn and learn new stuff all the time.

Answer 8

Oh! but we are so limited!!

You can learn as much or as little as you want...the more the better though.....the question is.....Will you remember everything you've learnt?

Answer 9

It seems the more that you use your memory, the better it works.

Answer 10

i have heard of people who were told that thier brain is incapable of learning anything else.